Fears for the future of Lismore's EDO

There are concerns about the future of Lismore's Environment Defenders Office.

The EDO has recently been accused of running a leftist agenda, and there are fears the State Government will block future funding.

Chief executive Jeff Smith says current funding will run out by the end of March.

He says if that happens, no jobs can be guaranteed, even though it's agreed the organisation's regional office provides a valuable service.

"It's fundamentally important that we have that regional presence," Mr Smith said.

"We, some five or six years ago, went to out major funders with a business case around that, and the business case was premised on the idea that of course most of the important environmental issues are taking place outside of metropolitan areas.

"We would desperately want to hold on to our regional office if we could," he said.

"But under a situation where our PPF funding, our public purpose funds, were discontinued, that's 70 per cent of our funding.

"We'd be looking at a core office of around three or four people, so there's no guarantees for anyone."

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